{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Asparagales
| image = Asperge in bloei Asparagus officinalis.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''[[Asparagus officinalis]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = '''Asparagales'''
| ordo_authority = [[Edward Ffrench Bromhead|Bromhead]]
| subdivision_ranks = families
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''Asparagales''' is an [[order (biology)|order]] of [[flowering plant]]s. The order must include the family [[Asparagaceae]], but other families included in the order have varied markedly between different classifications.

==APG II system==
The [[APG II system]] of 2003, places the order in the clade [[monocots]] and uses the following circumscription:
*order Asparagales
*:family [[Alliaceae]]
*::[+ family [[Agapanthaceae]]]
*::[+ family [[Amaryllidaceae]]]
*:family [[Asparagaceae]]
*::[+ family [[Agavaceae]]]
*::[+ family [[Aphyllanthaceae]]]
*::[+ family [[Hesperocallidaceae]]]
*::[+ family [[Hyacinthaceae]]]
*::[+ family [[Laxmanniaceae]]]
*::[+ family [[Ruscaceae]]]
*::[+ family [[Themidaceae]]]
*:family [[Asteliaceae]]
*:family [[Blandfordiaceae]]
*:family [[Boryaceae]]
*:family [[Doryanthaceae]]
*:family [[Hypoxidaceae]]
*:family [[Iridaceae]]
*:family [[Ixioliriaceae]]
*:family [[Lanariaceae]]
*:family [[Orchidaceae]]
*:family [[Tecophilaeaceae]]
*:family [[Xanthorrhoeaceae]]
*::[+ family [[Asphodelaceae]]]
*::[+ family [[Hemerocallidaceae]]]
*:family [[Xeronemataceae]]

Note: "+ ..." = optional segregrate family, that may be split off from the preceding family.

APG II has consolidated some of the families in the earlier [[APG system]], while recognizing an alternative, that allows smaller families to be seggregated and still follow the 'APG system'. Under the new classification system a taxonomist could, for example, correctly choose to include the daylilies (''[[Hemerocallis]]'') in family [[Hemerocallidaceae]], or in family [[Xanthorrhoeaceae]].

==APG system (1998)==
The [[APG system]] of 1998 also placed the order in the clade [[monocots]] but used this circumscription:
*order Asparagales
*:family Agapanthaceae
*:family Agavaceae
*:family Alliaceae
*:family Amaryllidaceae
*:family [[Anemarrhenaceae]]
*:family [[Anthericaceae]]
*:family Aphyllanthaceae
*:family [[Asparagaceae]]
*:family [[Asphodelaceae]]
*:family Asteliaceae
*:family [[Behniaceae]]
*:family Blandfordiaceae
*:family Boryaceae
*:family [[Convallariaceae]]
*:family Doryanthaceae
*:family Hemerocallidaceae
*:family [[Herreriaceae]]
*:family Hyacinthaceae
*:family Hypoxidaceae
*:family [[Iridaceae]]
*:family Ixioliriaceae
*:family Lanariaceae
*:family Laxmanniaceae
*:family [[Orchidaceae]]
*:family [[Tecophilaeaceae]]
*:family [[Themidaceae]]
*:family [[Xanthorrhoeaceae]]
*:family Xeronemataceae

==Kubitzki system==
The volume (1998) in the [[Kubitzki system|Kubitzki]] series of reference books on vascular plants used this circumscription:
*order Asparagales
*:family Agapanthaceae
*:family Agavaceae
*:family Alliaceae
*:family Amaryllidaceae
*:family Anemarrhenaceae
*:family Anthericaceae
*:family Aphyllanthaceae
*:family Asparagaceae
*:family Asphodelaceae
*:family Asteliaceae
*:family Behniaceae
*:family Blandfordiaceae
*:family Boryaceae
*:family Convallariaceae
*:family Doryanthaceae
*:family [[Dracaenaceae]]
*:family [[Eriospermaceae]]
*:family Hemerocallidaceae
*:family Herreriaceae
*:family Hyacinthaceae
*:family [[Hostaceae]]
*:family Hypoxidaceae
*:family Iridaceae
*:family Ixioliriaceae
*:family [[Johnsoniaceae]]
*:family Lanariaceae
*:family [[Lomandraceae]]
*:family [[Nolinaceae]]
*:family Orchidaceae
*:family Ruscaceae
*:family Tecophilaeaceae
*:family Themidaceae
*:family Xanthorrhoeaceae

==Dahlgren system==
The [[Dahlgren system]] placed the order in superorder [[Lilianae]] in subclass [[Liliidae]] [= monocotyledons] of class [[Magnoliopsida]] [= angiosperms] and used this circumscription:
*order Asparagales
*:family Agavaceae
*:family Alliaceae
*:family Amaryllidaceae
*:family Anthericaceae
*:family Aphyllanthaceae
*:family Asparagaceae
*:family Asphodelaceae
*:family Asteliaceae
*:family Blandfordiaceae
*:family [[Calectasiaceae]]
*:family Convallariaceae
*:family [[Cyanastraceae]]
*:family [[Dasypogonaceae]]
*:family Doryanthaceae
*:family Dracaenaceae
*:family Eriospermaceae
*:family Hemerocallidaceae
*:family Herreriaceae
*:family Hostaceae
*:family Hyacinthaceae
*:family Hypoxidaceae
*:family Ixioliriaceae
*:family Lanariaceae
*:family [[Luzuriagaceae]]
*:family Nolinaceae
*:family [[Philesiaceae]]
*:family [[Phormiaceae]]
*:family Ruscaceae
*:family Tecophilaeaceae
*:family Xanthorrhoeaceae

==Other systems==
The [[Cronquist system]] did not recognise the order, and placed many of the plants involved in order [[Liliales]] (in subclass [[Liliidae]] in class [[Liliopsida]] [= monocotyledons]). Some genera were even included in family [[Liliaceae]].

The [[Wettstein system]], last revision of 1935, did not recognise such an order, and placed many of the plants involved in order [[Liliiflorae]] in class [[Monocotyledones]].

==References==
* Kubitzki, K. (1998). Conspectus of Families treated in this Volume. In: Kubitzki, K.(Editor): ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants'', Vol.3. Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Germany. ISBN 3-540-64060-6

==External links==
{{commonscat|Asparagales}}
*[http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/orders/asparagalesweb.htm Asparagales] in [http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb Angiosperm Phylogeny Website]
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=73496&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock NCBI Taxonomy Browser]

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